The assassination of JFK 2
On the afternoon of November 22, 1963, America was forever changed by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The President was driving through the city of Dallas in a motorcade when at 12:30 p.m., fatal shots struck him and Governor John Connally. This may be the only known fact about the incident, which to this day has been masked in a shroud of question and controversy. There are dozens of scenarios which, contrary to governmental belief, do have merit and should be further investigated. To have a true understanding of what happened to President Kennedy it is essential to explore the inconsistencies in the Warren Commission Report, as well as several of the most widely accepted and controversial theories of conspiracy of the assassination. The only investigation in the last 36 years which is considered credible is that of the Warren Commission, which was established 7 days after the shooting by Lyndon B. Johnson. The Warren Commission has been criticized over and over for being poorly executed; an allegation, which, after one reads the countless articles and volumes on the investigation, can hardly be disputed. On September 27, 1964, it released a report consisting of 888 pages that stated that the committee ha
210 View of Kennedy is unobstructed T.F. Bowley, a key witness of the shooting of Officer Tippit, stated the shooting happened at 1:10 (Lane, RTJ, 172). Bowley was never allowed to testify in before commission. d come to the conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone as the sole assassin of President Kennedy. Though many people tend to disagree with Garrison's theories of conspiracy, he did reveal to a large extent just how much evidence was withheld from the American people (Bethell, MI, 3) as well as just how ridiculous some of the Warren Commissions conclusions were. Former Garrison aid Tom Bethell later wrote "Garrison's investigation actually shed no new light on the assassination." Clay Shaw himself had nothing to do with the events in Dallas. (Bethell, JGGE, 1)." 237 Connally shows his first signs of being in pain. Richard J Whalen writes in his article Questions that Won't Go Away "A single bullet. Nothing is more symbolic of the enduring controversy over the assassination than the single-bullet theory (12)". There are many inconsistencies with this analysis of what has come to be called the "magic bullet" theory. At Parkland Hospital, Dr. Malcolm Perry first noted the wound in Kennedy's throat and concluded that it was a entry wound, not an exit wound, as the Warren Commission would have us believe (Kurtz, 8). The Zapruder film also clearly disproves the bullet theory by showing Kennedy and Connally reacting to pain seconds apart. The Warren Commission claims that Connally had "delayed reaction" (Kurtz, 58), a theory which is disproved by Connally's clutching of an object in his right hand...which he clearly would not have been able to do if he was indeed shot in the wrist. But perhaps the most astounding scene in the Zapruder tape is frames 313 through 321, when we clearly see Kennedy's head go back and to the right as it is shot. Newton's Second Law of Motion states that "momentum and velocity of an object is in inverse proportion to the object striking it." Therefore, the fatal headshot could not have come from the Book Depository in back of Kennedy. It had to come from in front of the car, and to the right. This is the exact positioning of the Grassy Knoll area. Tippit was the only police officer ordered to patrol in a residential area after the shooting. The rest were ordered to report to Dealy Plaza, Parkland Hospital, or Lovefield Airport (Kurtz, 169). 226 Kennedy clutches his throat in pain (Governor Connally shows no signs of
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